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Online Programming for Chapters

Chapter Workshops

Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 2 p.m. EDT
Masterclass by Christa Rakich
Presented by the San Jose Chapter
https://fhda-edu.zoom.us/j/95926059234

Saturday, April 6, 2021
Hymn Reflections
The Indianapolis Chapter presents Robert Hobby
Click here and use passcode: 7&cvI?62

Saturday, February 6, 2021
Church Organists
The Sacramento Chapter presents David Enlow
https://facebook.com/davidenlow1981

Saturday, October 17, 2020
But I Need a Rohrschalmei! Understanding Total Design in Mainstream Traditional Church Instruments
Presented by Adam Pajan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzZrCyImiL71r9c4NFs_Vhg

Saturday, October 10, 2020
A New Instrument, Start to Finish
Presented by the Omaha Chapter
https://www.facebook.com/Omaha-Chapter-of-the-American-Guild-of-Organists-152168951479197/

Saturday, September 12, 2020
Hymn Playing 101…and 102!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzZrCyImiL71r9c4NFs_Vhg

Chapter Organ Crawls

Monday, March 8, 2021, 7:00 pm EST.  Presented by the AGO New York City Chapter: Pipe Organs of New York City, Church of St. Ignatius Loyola and Church of Saint Vincent Ferrer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cMLMYnJdxk

Monday, February 22, 2021, 7:00 pm EST.  Presented by the AGO New York City Chapter: Pipe Organs of New York City, featuring the Catholic Church of Ascension and Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, Yorkville. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOkK2bMV-cuWpuBAH8zRFw.

Monday, February 8, 2021, 6:00 pm EST. Presented by the AGO New York City Chapter, Pipe Organs of New York City, featuring Temple Emmanuel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOkK2bMV-cuWpuBAH8zRFw

Monday, November 30, 2020.  Presented by the AGO New York City Chapter,
Pipe Organs of New York City, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church and the Riverside Church.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOkK2bMV-cuWpuBAH8zRFw

Saturday, November 28, 2020. AGO Albuquerque Chapter’s organ crawl and performance on the Schoenstein organ.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG-Gps6CRy0

November 24, 2020.  Presented by the Toledo Chapter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30DHaLFuP98&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=Toledo+Chapter+AGO&utm_campaign=29bf4ceb3b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_08_10_01_17_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_973e1adbbf-29bf4ceb3b-441428693

Monday, November 16, 2020, Presented by the AGO New York City Chapter
Pipe Organs of New York City, Saint James’ Church of the Resurrection
https://www.facebook.com/nycago

Monday, November 9, 2020, Presented by the AGO New York City Chapter.
Behind the Pipes; Organ Building in New York City.
Second Hand Splendor: The Organ Clearing House at 60
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOkK2bMV-cuWpuBAH8zRFw

Monday, October 26, 2020, Presented by the AGO New York City Chapter:
Pipe Organs of NYC: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVwDE_F3a-M

Monday, October 19, 2020, 7:00 pm EDT
Presented by the AGO New York City Chapter
Pipe Organs of NYC: Saint Thomas Church. 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOkK2bMV-cuWpuBAH8zRFw

October 12, 2020: Southeastern Massachusetts AGO Organ Crawl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGN9GhLV5QQ&list=PL4Kuu6oxo1X9FzXkCXdi7bGNhg6jgQ_d3&index=3

October 12, 2020: AGO New York City Chapter
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Kilgen Organ Crawl

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOkK2bMV-cuWpuBAH8zRFw

Chapter Recitals

April 25, 2021 at 6 p.m. PDT
Sacramento Valley Chapter presents Ryan Enright at St. John’s Lutheran Church
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQnJOEC9Ge0

Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 7:30 p.m. CDT
Twin Cities Chapter, Paul Jacobs at Northrop Auditorium, University of Minnesota
https://www.northrop.umn.edu/events/paul-jacobs-organ-2021

March 14-21, 2021
Twin Cities Chapter, Bach Birthday Bash
https://tcago.wildapricot.org/Before-Bachs-Birthday-Bash

Monday, March 15, 2021
Presented by the AGO Holland Chapter
Ten Tips to Recharge Your Church Keyboard Playing
https://www.facebook.com/graceepiscopalholland

Monday, February 15, 2021
The San Francisco Chapter celebrates Black History month
http://www.sfago.org.

Friday, February 12, 2021
The Seattle Chapter presents a half hour of meditative music to soothe the soul and bring a quiet end to a busy week.
https://www.facebook.com/stjamesseattle.

Saturday, January 30, 2021
The Fox Valley Chapter presents Clive Driskill-Smith in Concert from the Emmanuel Episcopal Church.  The recital will feature the works of Bach, Widor, Willan, Mullet and Dupré.
http://www.emmanuel-lagrange.org

Sunday, January 31, 2021
The Fox Valley Chapter presents a Clive Driskill-Smith Masterclass: Preparing New Organ Works.
http://www.emmanuel-lagrange.org

Sunday, January 10, 2021
The Williamsport Chapter 75th Anniversary, A Concert of Carols of Joy in the Christmas Season, presented at Covenant-Central Presbyterian Church, Williamsport, PA
https://youtu.be/JgNsT2s1XXA

Sunday, December 6, 2020
AGO SEPA Chapter presents: Vivaldi Festival for Organ and Mandolin. Ekaterina Skliar and Alexey Alexandrov, Madonlinists; Aaron Patterson and Dylan David Shaw, Organists.
https://youtu.be/elmVCHaItCM

Saturday, December 5, 2020
AGO San Jose Chapter presents organist Elizabeth Forsyth
https://www.firstchurchberkeley.org/resonance/

Friday, November 20, 2020
Rochester Chapter’s Celebrity Organ Series, featuring five of the semi-finalists from the 2020 NYACOP competition which was canceled due to the pandemic.
https://youtu.be/BmG9HtELLeQ

Sunday, November 15, 2020
Portland (Oreg.) Chapter presents Timothy and Nancy LeRoi Nickel
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 ; Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; and Liszt: Les Preludes
https://www.facebook.com/trinitycathpdx/live

Sunday, November 15, 2020
Saginaw Valley Chapter presents Collin Whitfield with Erin Whitfield, soprano
https://www.mempres.org/live-streaming

Friday, November 13, 2020
Ann Arbor Chapter’s Organ Recital
https://www.annarborago.org/virtual-organ-recital

Thursday, November 12, 2020
Augusta Chapter’s Members’ Recital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M5eOebvlJk

Thursday, November 12, 2020
Utah Valley Chapter, Neil Harmon Presents Baroque Choral Preludes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctznn2vdgf8&feature=youtu.be

Saturday, November 7, 2020
Roanoke Chapter presents Adam Scott Graham in recital at the Calvary Baptist Church, featuring works of Dupre, Bach, Barber, and Franck.
https://www.calvaryroanoke.org/wp/worship/livestreaming/

Friday, November 6, 2020
Annual Oklahoma City-Tulsa Exchange Recital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PBMk1_NHVc&feature=youtu.be

Friday, October 30, 2020
Cumberland Valley Chapter Recital. Link to follow.

Sunday, October 25, 2020
Sacramento Valley presents Lars Gerdje, performing music of Bach, Widor, Griege, Vierne, Litaize, Hovland and Perkins.
http://allsaintssacramento.org/AGOConcert

Sunday, October 25, 2020
Tri-State Chapter Online Pipe Spectacular
https://cathedral.org/event/tri-chapter-american-guild-of-organists-online-pipe-spectacular/

Sunday, October 17, 2020
AGO Augusta Chapter presents Newer Music for the Upcoming Seasons.
https://youtu.be/Ud6hKba5Y34

Sunday, October 4, 2020
Madison Chapter and the Association of Church Musicians, organ scholarship benefit https://youtu.be/f1HrQXWePK

Sunday, September 27, 2020
Damin Spritzer, organ
https://sites.bsu.edu/musiclive/

Friday, September 25, 2020
Syracuse Chapter Member Recital
https://youtu.be/VxzPBAmN4Jo

Monday, September 21, 2020
Charlotte Chapter. Presenter: Theodore Davis
So You Think You Can Dance? A program of Bach works and discussion of how they relate to French dance.
https://youtu.be/T6ENADdp_wg

September 19, 2020
Boston Chapter Young Organists Scholarship Recital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFhPU0tDDEc&feature=youtu.be

Saturday, September 8, 2020
San Francisco Chapter’s September Program: A Musical Journey of Third Baptist Church
Presenter: James Parrish Smith, AGO Sub-Dean.
https://youtu.be/XnvG3ywHaSA

Friday, August 21, 2020
Fox Valley Chapter, organ recital with David Jonies
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPFtrYm6U70gj2xfU2w877Q

Friday, July 31, 2020
Fox Valley Chapter presents Bach and Beyond at the Abbey
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPFtrYm6U70gj2xfU2w877Q

Thursday, July 28, 2020
Central Texas Chapter Virtual Recital
https://youtu.be/QNKG6DsWKV8

Recorded June 22, 2020
Houston Chapter Virtual Recital
https://bit.ly/3eikkqk

June 19, 2020
Finland Chapter Midnight Summer Concert
https://bit.ly/3gJCL9c

May 18, 2020
Northern New Jersey Chapter Virtual Progressive Recital
https://youtu.be/9k1rG5qSzNw

Regional Recitals

Piping Up: Virtual Noon Recitals and Recordings at the Mormon Tabernacle at Temple Square: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Ei6CaZZnY

Methuen Memorial Music Hall summer series: https://www.youtube.com/c/methuenmemorialmusichall

AGOYO Fridays at Noon EDT: https://www.youtube.com/user/guildoforganists

August 14, 2020, Organ Crawl at the West Point Chapel

September 11, 2020, Workshop: Church Musicians and Technology

October 9, 2020, Panel Discussion: The Global Organist

November 13, 2020, Organ Crawl at Longwood Gardens

December 11, 2020, Organ Factory Tour at Austin Organ Company

January 8, 2021, Webinar: Young Conductors and Organists Guide to Church Music

February 12, 2021: Organ Crawl at the Wanamaker Organ

March 12, 2021, Panel Discussion: Board Positions in the Guild and Serving in Leadership Roles

April 9, 2021, Organ Factory Tour at Taylor & Boody

May 7, 14, 21, 28, 2021: Young Organists Recitals

Facebook Live Workshops by David Enlow – “Ask the Organ Teacher” on Facebook live:

  • Improvisation using Hymn material, May 2, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/davidenlow1981/videos/650585949129903/
  • Using the Console, May 9, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/davidenlow1981/videos/580427899245577/
  • Hymn Playing, May 2, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/davidenlow1981/videos/543596766317828/

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